Valvular & structural heart diseaseCohort study

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement and CLEFT After Tricuspid TEER

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished

  • Case series

Authors' conclusion

At 30 days, TR severity was markedly reduced, and substantial symptom alleviation occurred.

Study context

Population
Patients with severe, symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair8 with leaflet modification
Participants
16 patients
Exposure
Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) after tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER), with or without CLEFT
  • TTVR after T-TEERn = 16
Outcome
Procedural technical success

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Procedural technical success rate

93.7% (15 of 16; 95% CI 69.8%-99.8%)

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Secondary outcomes

Survival to 30 days

Survival to 30 days (15 of 16)
93.7%

NYHA class I or II · 30 days

NYHA class I or II improved (13 of 16) vs baseline
86.7%
  • P < 0.001 compared with baseline

TR severity · 30 days

TR severity reduced; no or mild TR
93.3%
  • P < 0.001

Original publication

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement and CLEFT After Tricuspid TEER. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 25 October 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2025.10.001

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it